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From: woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: indentation style
Summary: I don't either
Message-ID: <17890@rpp386.cactus.org>
Date: 9 Feb 90 02:10:55 GMT
References: <17807@rpp386.cactus.org> <9002040147.AA16999@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <7941@lindy.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: River Parishes Programming, Plano, TX
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In article <7941@lindy.Stanford.EDU>, ralerche@lindy.Stanford.EDU (Robert A. Lerche) writes:
> Might I suggest...
> 
> 	/name
> 	{	line 1
> 		line 2
> 		etc...
> 	} def
> 
> Similarly...
> 
> 	condition
> 	{	line 1 of true
> 		...
> 	}
> 	{	line 1 of false
> 		...
> 	} ifelse
> 
> etc.  This style (braces lined up with each other and outside indentation)
> is nice for C, too...
> 
> 	if (condition)
> 	{	line 1 true ;
> 		line 2 true ;
> 	}
> 	else
> 	{	line 1 false ;
> 		line 2 false ;
> 	}
> 
> I never will understand the attraction of braces that don't line up with
> each other.
I never will either, but I also don't understand the attraction for braces
that aaren't indented within thier controlling code.  Lining them up
as the above example, is lots better than not lining them up, but they
really should be indented for ease of reading.  The normal reading
pattern is from left to right, not down the page.  By indenting the
braces, you are moveing left to right, so it is easier to track.  You
also move down the page as well, but there is the normal, and natural
(western) movement from left to right.  I'd imagine that certain Oriental
languages that read from top to bottom, would tend to encourage vertical
braces as in the above example.

Cheers
Woody
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